Exam question 4 · Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a se…
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning Movile Cave.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, Movile Cave
This is exam question 4 of lesson 179 «Caves: bat clouds, blind fish, the olm, glowworms and a sealed cave» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select | select | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 response | det |
| 3 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Select | obj |
| 4 | consistent | consistent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Select | xcomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 facts | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 facts | det |
| 7 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 facts | amod |
| 8 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 consistent | obl |
| 9 | concerning | concern | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 facts | acl |
| 10 | Movile | Movile | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Cave | compound |
| 11 | Cave | Cave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 concerning | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | select | imperative | you not said here | the response | consistent property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | |||
| 2 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 3 | concern | gerund | the established facts not said here | Movile Cave | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cave=Experiencer |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It was sealed for millions of years, and its food chain begins with bacteria consuming chemicals
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sealed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sealed | aux:pass |
| 3 | sealed | seal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 millions | case |
| 5 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sealed | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 millions | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 begins | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 begins | cc |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 chain | nmod:poss |
| 11 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 chain | compound |
| 12 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 begins | nsubj |
| 13 | begins | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sealed | conj |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 bacteria | case |
| 15 | bacteria | bacterium | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 begins | obl |
| 16 | consuming | consume | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 bacteria | acl |
| 17 | chemicals | chemical | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 consuming | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seal | past · passive | It | for millions of years | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | begin | present | its food chain | with bacteria | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with bacterium=Subeventuality | ||||
| 3 | consume | gerund | bacteria not said here | chemicals | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chemical=Asset |
Option 2
It contains no living organisms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 contains | nsubj |
| 2 | contains | contain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 organisms | det |
| 4 | living | living | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 organisms | compound |
| 5 | organisms | organism | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 contains | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | present | It | no living organisms | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot organism=Theme |
Option 3
It was discovered in the year 1086
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 discovered | aux:pass |
| 3 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 year | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 year | det |
| 6 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 discovered | obl |
| 7 | 1086 | 1086 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 year | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discover | past · passive | It | year | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 4
It is illuminated by sunlight through its roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 illuminated | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 illuminated | aux:pass |
| 3 | illuminated | illuminate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 sunlight | case |
| 5 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 illuminated | obl |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 roof | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 roof | nmod:poss |
| 8 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 illuminated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | illuminate | present · passive | sunlight | It | sunlight's roof | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination |
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